Dispenser and container for perfumes



' e. w. BUTTON AND M. SIERAD. DISPENSER AND CONTAINER FOR PERFUMES;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1921.

- Patented June 27, 1922i nrromvsrsi mart TENT orries.

GEORGE w. BUTTON Ann ivnn'ron SIERAD, or NEW YORK, N.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that GEORGE W. BUTTON and MILTON SIERAD, citizens of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Dispenser and Container for Perfumes, of which the following is a specification. a

Our invention relates to a new and improved combination container and dispenser for perfumes and other aromatic and vola-.

tile fluids.

It has heretofore been .customary to sell such fluids in ordinary bottles which were inconvenient to carry along in an ordinary handbag and which frequently allowed the contents to spill out. In addition, when ever the stopper of such bottle was removed for the purpose of pouring out some of. the perfume, the more volatile ingredients vapo riz ed, which impairedthe fine quality of the perfume, since expensive perfumes are composed of a blend-of a great many ingredients, all of which should be preserved in their original proportions.

In additiomwith the ordinary bottlesor containers heretofore in use, it was difiicult to pour out only a dropor two of the perfume which is usually all-that is required, so that a good deal of waste occurred.

In addition, the perfume when poured out would be locally applied upon the handkerchief of the user or the like, whereas it is highly desirable that this perfume should be applied with as large an area as possible.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a combination container and dispenser so that the perfume can beutilized without removing the cork or stopper.

Other objects of our invention are to pro-, vide a combination device of the kind specified in which it is impossible'for-the perfume to spill out.

Other objects of ourinvention generally speaking, are to remedy the disadvantages before mentioned.

The following description and drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of our. invention in which, Fig. 1 is an elevation.

DISPENSER AND CONTAlINER FOR renames.

Fig. 2' is a vertical central section of Fig.1. 3 is avertical central section of the caslng. 1

Fig. is a vertical central section of the bottle.

F lg. 5 is an enlarged verticalcentral section showing the top of our device.

7 Fig. 6 is a top view of Fig. 5. r

F ig. -7 is a section along the line 77 of Fig. 5. i

F 8 is a top View of the hollow slotted plug with the internal wick spread out.

Fig. 9 is a vertical central section of an other. embodiment. M

Fig. 10 is a vertical central section illustrating another embodiment of my invention."

Fig.'11 is a sectional View along the line 1111 of Fig.9. v

Fig. .12 is "asectional view along the line 127 12 of Fi .110;

Ourcombination device consists of a cas ing 1 which can be made of any suitable metal which can be brightly polished and ornamented as desired. This casing 1 subtop of the fluid in a very short time is belowthe bottom of the cork 3.

. Aseseen more particularly in Fig. 5, the cork or stopper 3 may be provided witha metal cap 9 so as-to strengthen that part thereof which projects above the casing 1.

v The cork 3 is. perforated and in the embodiment shown in Fig.5, a hollow and slotted plug 5 having a solid head 4 is inserted therein. As-seen more particularly in Figs. 7 and 8, a wick 6 made of any suitable absorbent fabric is thrustinto the hollow of the slotted plug 5, beingheld there by friction and as seen in Fig. 7, the outer wall of-the plug 5 is surrounded by a substantially. cylindrical pieceof absorbent fabric 6, which is provided with an extension 7 I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 111 16 2'7, 1922.

Application filed July 6, 1921 'Ser iaIN o. 482,705. I V I at the top of the metal cap 9. A washer 8 made of some suitable absorbent material is held between the top of the cap 9 and the solid head 4, said solid head 4: being tightly pressed against the said washer 8, whereby the said washer 8 is firmly'pressed and tightly held against the extension 7 which in its turn is tightly held against the top of the cap 9'. ii i It is to be understood that the bqttorn of the wick 6 touohesth fabric 6". V

Hence, when the device is inverted, a sub stantial quantity ofthe" perfume "is sucked p y the Wick 6 and also in a certain extent by the intermediatefabric 6. The en ens nn 7 and the porous w sher 8 take p QII Q 9f th fluid y means ofcapilla'ry attraction, so that when the head 4 is rubbed pr ssed aga nst any object, so a c m press the washer 8 and the fabric 7, the u s pressed. ut f the pores of heai washer 8 and is thus spread over the desired object.

Since the wick 6 can retain a substantial quantity of the fluid, and since the cork 3 tightly closes the bottle, so that the fluid absorbed by th wick 6. cannot evaporate, it is ot ssary to. always hold the device in the inverted position in order to apply. the pe ume or other fluid.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 9. and 11, the plug 5 heretofore described is replaced by a solid rode, the other parts being as before constructed as befd're mentioned. In the embodiment showln'in Figs. 1.0-12, the plug consists of a hollow. rod 5' havinga headeras in Fig. 9 but a flexible porous washer 8 is now clamped between the cork 3and a metal cap 9", the plug 5' is surrounded by. an intermediate strip of fabric 6' having an extension 7 and' the hollow tube 5" is provided with an interior wick 10 which fulfills the same functions as wick 6 describedin Fig. 5. i 1

Practical tests have shown that this device will not permit any perfume to spill in any position and that minute quantities of the perfume can be spread out over" large surfaces. i i

e have described preferred embodiments of our invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions cai e mfa'e without departing f rom 'its spirit. i

1. A combined" dispenser and container. comprising a receptacleadapted" to'dontain a fluid, said receptacle "having naturist opening adapted; to be clos'ed b'y astopper which carries a' movable member therein, the bot-tom of said movabl e member being normally above the b'ot t om o f the fluid, the passage between the wanser the said opening and the said member'being so liar row that any. outflow of the fluid is 'iiormally prevented, said 'mevabie'mefiitef being so mounted 'within "are s'aid opEniiig tliat it can be moved therein without removing it from said receptacle so as to force out a small quantity of the said fluid.

2. A combination dispenser and container having a receptacle adapted to contain a fluid and provided with an outlet opening, a movable member located in the said opening, the passage between the walls of the said outlet opening and of the said movable member being so narrow that the fluid does not normally flow therethrough, an absorbent member in communication with the said passage'so as to be normally saturated with the said fluid, said absorbent member and said movable member being so located that the said movable member can be moved to compress the said absorbent member and press the fluid out therefrom without removing saidmovable member from said receptacle. i i

combination container and dispenser having a "receptacle adapted to contain a fluid and having an outlet opening, a movable member having a wick of absorbent material associated therewith and fitting intothe' said opening so'that the fluid can only passout of the said receptacle through the said wick, the said movable member being so mountedthat the movement thereof i s adapt ed to cause the said fluid to pass through the said wick.

4. A combination container and dispenser having a receptacle adapted to contain a ui a P ed it a ou e e g. a movable member located in the said open ing having associated therewith a wick nfe d d w t a at r l po tio whe eby an fluid in the said receptacle can only pass out therefrom through the said wick, the said lateral portion of the said wick being located between a relatively rigid part of t e sa d mo ab m m e an an ther e aiv l rig membe w e e y w n the said nqrable m mbe i m ved, i Causes t pr ssion, o the ai lat ral portion of the wick whereby the fluid is forced out ieref ns i A 'co mbined container and dispenser onsist ng e fa receptac e d pt to an fluid, a pe fn a e 'cqr located a the niouth of'the said receptacle, a movableand rel tively rigid member located in theperforation of the said cork andhaving associated therewith 'a wick provided with a lateral portion whi h s 0 i e$l the ai morable me ber a he. a rk, whereby the. said wick' can be saturated with the said fluid and the said fluid can be squeezed out of the said lateral portion by winn n th ov e m er- 6. A combined container; and; dispenser having a receptacle adapted to; contain a flu d provided with a perforated cork at the mouth thereof, a ho llow movable member lo'cated in the perforation of the and can be squeezed out of the lateral portion thereof by actuating the said movable 10 member.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

GEORGE W. BUTTON. MILTON SIERAD. 

